chemist en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chimiabor. Middle French chymie French chimie Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. French -iste French chimistebor. English chemist First attested 1562, borrowed from French chimiste, from Medieval Latin chimista, from earlier alchimista (literally “alchemist”), from Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), with article اَلْ (al-) + Ancient Greek χυμεία (khumeía, “art of alloying metals”), from χύμα (khúma, “fluid”), from χυμός (khumós, “juice”), from χέω (khéō, “to pour”). The pronunciation with initial /k/ is based on the Graeco-Latin etymology rather than on the French word, where the pronunciation with /ʃ/ is based on native French orthography. As a synonym for pharmacy, a metonymous use of the proprietor to stand for their shop.
Meanings
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A person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level.
As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs. No sooner has a drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one.
2013 August 10, “A new prescription”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2020:It was Oxford now—the matriculation photograph, posed in the stony front quad at Corpus, the pelican on top of the sundial appearing to sit on the head of the lanky, begowned chemist at the centre of the back row.
1988, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 3, in The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 60:
- (Australia, New-Zealand, Nigeria, UK, qualifier:Ghana) Synonym of pharmacist.
- (Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK) Synonym of pharmacy, especially as a standalone shop or general store.
- (obsolete) An alchemist.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chemists | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| chimist | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| chymist | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
magnetochemist · phytochemist · sonochemist · immunochemist · glycochemist · histochemist · nonchemist · inorganic chemist · chemist shop · chemistical · petrochemist · protochemist · physicochemist · physiochemist · psychochemist · cosmochemist · organic chemist
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Translations (90)
eu kimikari (person working in chemistry) · ky химик (person working in chemistry) · pt química (person working in chemistry) · kk химик (person working in chemistry) · sh kemičar (person working in chemistry) · sv kemist (person working in chemistry) · sl kémičarka (person working in chemistry) · el χημικός (person working in chemistry) · lo ນັກເຄມີ (person working in chemistry) · cy cemegydd (person working in chemistry) · sw mkemia (person working in chemistry) · tg химикдон (person working in chemistry) · km គីមីវិទូ (person working in chemistry) · te రసాయనశాస్త్రజ్ఞుడు (person working in chemistry) · it chimica (person working in chemistry) · ka ქიმიკოსი (person working in chemistry) · sh kemičarka (person working in chemistry) · gl químico (person working in chemistry) · az kimyaçı (person working in chemistry) · pl chemik (person working in chemistry) · mn химич (person working in chemistry) · de Chemikerin (person working in chemistry) · da kemiker (person working in chemistry) · ast químicu (person working in chemistry) · tr kimyacı (person working in chemistry) · ar كِيمِيَائِيّ (person working in chemistry) · hy քիմիկոս (person working in chemistry) · lv ķīmiķis (person working in chemistry) · ro chimistă (person working in chemistry) · lv ķīmiķe (person working in chemistry) · eo kemiisto (person working in chemistry) · ga ceimiceoir (person working in chemistry) · lt chemikas (person working in chemistry) · it chimico (person working in chemistry) · sq kimist (person working in chemistry) · ru хи́мик (person working in chemistry) · mt kimiku (person working in chemistry) · sk chemička (person working in chemistry) · fa شیمیدان (person working in chemistry) · be хі́мік (person working in chemistry) · es químico (person working in chemistry) · pt químico (person working in chemistry) · hi रसायन विज्ञानी (person working in chemistry) · nl scheikundige (person working in chemistry) · ko 화학자 (person working in chemistry) · pl chemiczka (person working in chemistry) · nl chemicus (person working in chemistry) · nb kjemiker (person working in chemistry) · cy cemegwraig (person working in chemistry) · ca químic (person working in chemistry) · yi כעמיקערין (person working in chemistry) · is efnafræðingur (person working in chemistry) · sl kemik (person working in chemistry) · id kimiawan (person working in chemistry) · cs chemik (person working in chemistry) · fi kemisti (person working in chemistry) · et keemik (person working in chemistry) · tg химик (person working in chemistry) · ota كیمیاجی (person working in chemistry) · gd dùileòlaiche (person working in chemistry) · uk хі́мік (person working in chemistry) · vi nhà hoá học (person working in chemistry) · mi kaimātai matū (person working in chemistry) · es química (person working in chemistry) · nn kjemikar (person working in chemistry) · yi כעמיקער (person working in chemistry) · kk химияшы (person working in chemistry) · hu vegyész (person working in chemistry) · sw mwanakemia (person working in chemistry) · hu kémikus (person working in chemistry) · tk himik (person working in chemistry) · ca química (person working in chemistry) · hi रसायनज्ञ (person working in chemistry) · sk chemik (person working in chemistry) · fo evnafrøðingur (person working in chemistry) · bg хими́к (person working in chemistry) · kmr kîmyanas (person working in chemistry) · af chemikus (person working in chemistry) · bg хими́чка (person working in chemistry) · gl química (person working in chemistry) · mk хемичар (person working in chemistry) · eo ĥemiisto (person working in chemistry) · th นักเคมี (person working in chemistry) · cy cemegwr (person working in chemistry) · fr chimiste (person working in chemistry) · ja 化学者 (person working in chemistry) · de Chemiker (person working in chemistry) · ro chimist (person working in chemistry) · cmn 化學家 /化学家 (person working in chemistry) · uz kimyogar (person working in chemistry)